I earn really hard money

Chapter 247 The Rise of Fame
He Xia got up and went to the bedside table to pick up the mineral water. After opening it, he took a few sips. His empty stomach was instantly cooled, and he sat on the sofa and began to sort out the rewards!
The source of the two skills in Reward [-] is very clear, and they are useful in the real world, but they are not too big. Let’s turn to the second item directly.

"Carnival Cruise Line...does the Titanic have anything to do with this company?"

After taking a cruise ship in Qincheng, He Xia started to think about buying a yacht. At the same time, he also learned about the cruise ship situation, and naturally came into contact with the industry leader Carnival Cruise Line Group.

Carnival Group is the largest cruise company today, with a global market share as high as 40.00%. It is truly half of the cruise industry!

Dual listed in the UK and the US, it has a total of seven cruise fleets, the group has many brands, and its headquarter is in Florida!

But this company was established in [-], and it doesn't seem to have any intersection with the Titanic.

He Xia searched carefully on the Internet, and finally found the connection.

At the beginning of the last century, on the last day of May [-], after the Titanic was launched, it was operated by the British White Star Line. However, due to various reasons, the White Star Line closed down and was acquired by the company at the time, the British Cunard.

Unprecedented, Kanade couldn't support the surging tide of the times, and was acquired by the rising Carnival Group in [-].

A hundred years passed by in a hurry, and with the wind and the clouds, one giant collapsed, and a new giant rose from the ground...

Today's Carnival has total assets of US$500 billion, a turnover of US$200 billion in 35, and a net profit of US$[-] billion!

"Now the largest shareholder of Carnival Group is the founder Mitch Erickson, who owns 20.00% of the shares, and I am actually ranked third with 12.00%?"

He Xia inquired about Carnival Cruise Line Group's information from a paid website, and was surprised to find the ranking of the holdings.

The first one is Mitch Erickson, 20.00%, the second is a company called Pioneer Group, which owns 15.00% of the shares, and No.3 is his H·E investment company registered in the Cayman Islands...

This company belongs to the first step in the shareholding structure he set at the beginning. The bottom is the XIA company in Hong Kong Island, and the last is the summer entertainment in Beijing...

Because the name was too perfunctory at the beginning, I didn't realize it just now!
"Let me figure it out..."

He Xia turned on the calculator, input a few simple numbers, and soon came up with an astonishing answer.

According to the situation of the Carnival Group, if he cashes out his equity, it is conservatively estimated that he can get 50 billion US dollars!

After the mission of the Titanic, this reward alone is enough for He Xia to break into the top [-] of the world's richest list. If you count the previous rewards, he has already entered the top [-]!
He Xia didn't think about those false names, he continued to read the rewards.

"100% equity in the Harland and Wolff shipyard... This seems to be the shipyard that built the Titanic back then, but it is still there after 100 years?"

He Xia heard about this shipyard many times in the world of Titanic. After all, it built the largest cruise ship in the world at that time, which is worthy of praise.

It's just that more than 100 years have passed, and it still exists, which makes him a little puzzled, so click on the webpage to check!
Snapped.

"I knew it!"

He Xia patted his thigh. From the situation on the Internet, it can be seen that Harland and Wolff Shipyard failed to win a contract with the British Navy for two frigates a month ago.

"Seek bridging financing of £60, failed!The century-old shipyard is about to collapse...》

Judging from reports, Harland and Wolff Shipyards have entered the countdown to bankruptcy.

"I knew there must be something wrong with 100% holding, sure enough!"

He Xia shook his head. When he saw 100% equity, he had a bad feeling, just like when he took over Niu Erhuo Ranch, it would be a mess.

"We can build frigates, so why go bankrupt..."

He Xia shook his head speechlessly. The Harland and Wolff shipyards were once very brilliant.

At its peak in [-], the shipyard employed more than [-] workers and built most of the iconic ships of the White Star Line, including the Titanic, Olympic and Britannia.

However, most of the world's cargo shipbuilding is currently shifted to lower-cost Asia, and the luxury cruise business is dominated by European shipbuilders STX, Meyer Shipyard and Fincantieri.

The civilian market has lost to competitors in all aspects.

In terms of military use, due to shortage of funds and lack of innovation and backward technology, it is also deadlocked.

After building the last two ferries in 120, Harland & Wolff did not build a single new vessel and for a long time focused on repairs, refits and fabrication of offshore structures, now only [-] full-time employees.

According to the information that can be found on the Internet, the salvage value of the entire shipyard is not high. Perhaps the most valuable thing is the name. Someone is willing to pay 300 million pounds to buy it...

Some analysts have analyzed the various resources and technologies of the shipyard and estimated the value at around £500 million.

In other words, if the entire shipyard is added up, it can be sold for 1000 million pounds in the best state, and 600 million pounds in the worst state!
"Let's put it aside for now, so I can repair and modify it, maybe I can use it myself in the future."

He Xia hopes to acquire technology more, and his desire for money is not so strong anymore, not to mention that a few million pounds is not a drop in the bucket for him now, and it is indeed nothing.

Then look down.

"15.00% stake in Bethlehem Sands Group, what kind of group is this, I have never heard of it..."

After returning from this mission, the material rewards they got were all very strange. They didn’t seem to be directly related to the world of the Titanic. It’s just that it’s been a hundred years since many related companies have sunk into the long river of history or changed their appearance.

Through Internet inquiries, He Xia quickly learned about the situation of the Bethlehem Sands Group.

The shipyard that built the Titanic was Harland and Wolff, but many of the huge metal parts on the ship were made of Bethlehem Steel.

"I remember Ruth's marriage partner, Karl's family, was engaged in the steel business. Yes... Karl's father was a steel tycoon back then. It seems that this company belonged to Karl's family back then!"

Bethlehem Steel has also become a thing of the past. After being acquired in the early years, it has transformed into the current Bethlehem Sands Group. It has changed from a heavy industry group to a comprehensive group integrating gaming, tourism, and resort hotels.

Bethlehem Sands Group owns a luxury hotel, a resort and several casinos in Las Vegas. In addition, it has a resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which has become the gaming center in the eastern part of the beautiful country, echoing Las Vegas!
Bethlehem Sands Corporation, like Carnival Corporation, is a listed company with a market capitalization of $500 billion.

It is worth mentioning that the real assets of Carnival Group and Bethlehem Sands Group are astonishing, even if the stock price fluctuates violently, it will not affect the actual valuation of the two groups too much!
Unless the tsunami engulfs the cruise ship and seaside resort, causing direct economic losses...

"12.00% equity of Carnival Group, 15.00% equity of Bethlehem Sands Corporation, one-stop service of shipping and entertainment, haha, in a blink of an eye, I became a tourism tycoon!"

He Xia laughed, feeling that the world is getting more and more exciting!
After the shares of the three companies, He Xia was taken aback when he saw the next reward: "Heart of the Ocean?"

"Does this gem exist in the real world?"

He Xia was confused.

The heart of the ocean sapphire in the Titanic is a fabrication. According to the setting of the movie, the heart of the ocean originally belonged to Louis XVI. The relationship with the French Revolution was re-cut into a heart shape, and later moved among the nobles.

There is no such gem in the real world.

But since the portal says there is, then there must be!

He Xia searched the Internet, but found no information related to it, which made him feel a little puzzled.

"Shouldn't be..."

The portal has created items that the real world itself does not have more than once, and it stands to reason that there will be no mistakes.

He Xia turned her head to look, and found that a stack of document bags appeared on the bed at some point, all kinds of document bags, some paper and some leather, exquisite and delicate.

He got up and picked up the stack of documents, and found an exquisite key in a document bag, and there was also a document clearly recording a sapphire weighing 45.52 carats in a Swiss bank...

"I'm going, this..."

He Xia saw the photo on the document paper, which was the Heart of the Ocean in the Titanic. The pixels of the photo were very good, and with the influence of light, the crystal clearness of the gemstone was vividly displayed.

It makes people feel as if there is really an ocean concentrated in gems, bright and gorgeous!
"It seems that because this gemstone has not yet shown up in the real world, there are no related reports!"

The value of this gemstone should not be low, but holding a photo is nothing to look at. It is interesting to hold it in your hand after you take it out, so continue to look at the next item.

"Hungerford Castle... Hungerford seems to be the surname of the Ruth family. This castle is probably the fiefdom of the Hungerford family back then?"

He Xia took out the real estate deed and looked at it. There was no historical information on it, but it only delineated the scope of the castle.

While thinking about it, he searched for information from the website, and soon found Hungerford Castle.

Today, there are two Hungerford Castles in the UK. One is located in Scotland and was built in the sixteenth century. Now there are only a pile of stones left, which are protected as relics...

Hungerford Castle under his name is located 1 kilometers away from the eastern suburbs of London, on the north bank of the River Thames. The castle covers an area of ​​only three acres, or more than [-] square meters, standing on a slightly sloping greenery.

But the fiefdom around the castle is [-] acres!
Although the land area cannot be compared with He Xia's [-]-acre Valentzner Manor in Barcelona, ​​the value is higher because the location is very favorable!
The transaction records of Hungerford Castle could not be found, but Shi Hexia found the transaction price of another manor with similar geographical location and similar area, which was 800 million pounds!

"Hong Kong Island, Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, ​​this time there is another piece of land in London, England, so comfortable!"

He Xia can see the condition of Hungerford Castle from the satellite on the map. According to the data, it was built in the [-]th century. The exterior is well maintained. What’s inside is unknown. Even if it is broken, it doesn’t matter, just spend money to repair it. , the land is the key!
"Yes, owning shares in Bethlehem is equivalent to owning some resorts, hotels, and casinos in disguise! Only Australia and Africa have no land left. Wait for the opportunity to buy some, global layout, haha."

Although the difficulty of this mission is only half a star higher than that of the world of fast and furious, the material rewards are several levels higher, but there are also shortcomings, that is, skills...

Since ancient times, it has been difficult to have the law of both ends, and there must be losses if there are gains. After all, money ability is also a kind of superpower!
He Xia didn't care too much, and just regarded it as a material reward instead of skills, no problem.

The little attribute points obtained are not entangled, and are directly added to the agility.

【Name: He Xia】

【Sex: Male】

【Age: 23】

【Strength: 9】

【Agility: 8→9】

【Spirit: 6】

【Physique: 8】

【Charm: 7】

【Glory value: 1050】

[The portal enters cooling, the cooling time is 25 days to 30 days]

He Xia didn't feel much when he saw the cooling time getting longer again. As the difficulty increased, the rewards also increased, and the interval time became longer within reason.

It's like building a mission world, and the portal needs to consume more energy, which is probably the feeling.

"Well, before I knew it, I had [-] glory points. You can buy two attributes. Do you want to buy it?"

He Xia looked at the glory value and hesitated. At the beginning, he was very eager to get attribute points, because his own strength is the root, but after a period of time, his thoughts changed.

This has something to do with genetic engineering, and I learned that attributes such as strength and agility are just a code that can be modified at the genetic level, and at the same time, the mall will open more products according to different levels!

At present, he already has 56 points. If there are no accidents, he only needs to do one more mission to reach [-] points, and he can be upgraded to a silver teleporter!
(The original setting was [-] points, but it was a bit slow in terms of the progress of the plot, so it was changed to [-] points)

He Xia was very much looking forward to the items in the silver-level mall, so he was very entangled.

"Forget it, save it first, it's only a month, wait for silver!"

"Mr. Portal, how do you understand the skill of composure?"

He Xia asked.

[Calmness: Passive skill, suppresses the emotional outburst of the teleporter, such as: fear, anger, frustration and other emotions that affect the mind, and maintains a calm mind for thinking]

He Xia nodded, meaning that it has no effect at ordinary times, it only takes effect when the mood fluctuates abnormally, but it is still very useful, for example, in the face of danger, calmness may save your life!
After clearing up all the rewards, He Xia glanced at the phone. There were missed calls and unread messages from Lu Qian, Jiao Tianming, Pan Lanxin and Zhou Shiliu.

If there was no important matter, these people would not easily disturb He Xia. He Xia also knew this, and began to reply according to the priority of the matter. First, she called Pan Lanxin, worried about what was going on with her parents.

While He Xia was making a call here, in New York, a beautiful country, at seven o'clock in the morning, the sun had just hit the earth.

In a conference room at the headquarters of American Express Bank, four people are having a meeting, and the research is closely related to He Xia.

"Three, you must make a choice!"

The first one showed embarrassment.

"I think the reputation of the group is above everything else, and Mr. He should be informed of the results of the investigation directly. How to deal with it is his business and has nothing to do with us."

"But the British nobles are troublesome..."

"Then we might as well evaluate the assets of both parties before making a decision."

"agree……"

Da-da-da, da-da-da.

After a burst of keyboard tapping, one of them said: "The family of the Duke of Lenstermar owns [-] acres of land and is in charge of the Ark Charity Foundation. The family owns two luxury brands, a food processing factory, a textile factory, and a clothing design factory. , advertisements, famous paintings, mansions, luxury cars, registered jewelry..."

The Duke of Lensterma's family has a large number of people and has been involved in many fields, but the size is not large.

"The total valuation is about £150 billion..."

"Oh, it turns out that the Duke of Lenstermar's family has such high assets, it seems that Mr. He is a bit difficult."

"Is that so?" The man sitting in front of the computer had a strange expression on his face, and said, "Mr. He owns a dairy company and an entertainment company in Tianchao, and has two exhibition halls on Hong Kong Island, Rio de Janeiro Summer Building and a small part of Longtai Ocean Group. Equity..."

"Partial equity of Carnival Group, entire equity of Harland and Wolff Shipyard, partial equity of Bethlehem Sands Group."

"A manor in Barcelona, ​​six apartments in Hong Kong Island, a castle in London... the total valuation is close to 200 billion US dollars!"

Speaking of the assets under He Xia's name, the four of them didn't have any strange expressions on their faces, as if they were in memory, and everything seemed very natural.

"The situation is clear at a glance!"

From a horizontal comparison, it is easy to see the economic strength of He Xia and Duke Lensterma's family, and there is a very important key point.

He Xia's assets are basically concentrated in the H·E investment company, and the family of the Duke of Lensterma needs the power of the whole family!
"Although the history of the He family is not comparable to that of the Duke of Lenstermar, the rising upstart deserves respect!"

"Yes, tell Williams the result and ask him to tell Mr. Ho."

(End of this chapter)